I'm not surprised you haven't succeeded - irritation such as yours is a potent, chemical thing, and no amount of whipping oneself with birch sticks or platitudes from coaches is going to help.

对于你没能成功做到这一点，我并不感到惊讶——你的这种恼怒是一种强有力的化学物质，再多的自我鞭策、再多教练的陈词滥调都不会奏效。

youdao

In the 1992 opening ceremony, Birch and his colleagues handed out glow sticks to the audience and some started throwing them onto the field.

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